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On today’s show: Robert Kane helps us understand the causes of police misconduct and bad cops. Then, we’ll examine a $430 million boondoggle at the Department of Homeland Security, where employees were given radios they don’t know how to use. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard discusses singing in the new English-language production of "The Barber of Seville" at the Metropolitan Opera. And we’ll look at how Staten Island’s political system may have contributed to the disaster there following hurricane Sandy.

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